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Haughtiness vs Egotism - What's the difference?

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Haughtiness is a related term of egotism.


As nouns the difference between haughtiness and egotism

is that haughtiness is the state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery while egotism is a tendency to talk excessively about oneself.

haughtiness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

    • Usage notes

    * The plural form is rare in modern works.

    egotism

    English

    (wikipedia egotism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
  • A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
  • Egoism.
  • (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.

    • Synonyms

    * pride, vanity, conceit * egocentrism, egoism

    Related terms

    * egotist * egotistic * egotistical

    See also

    * solipsism

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ism